# Smoking

All time

Opinion: 'Many people don't believe social smoking is harmful - as a doctor, I know that's not true'

Dr Des Cox writes about the impact that social smoking has on your health, and why people need to quit smoking altogether.

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Sep 1st 2018, 7:30 PM

# Study

E-cigarette vapour can damage immune system in lungs, study suggests

Some of the effects were similar to those seen in regular smokers and people with chronic lung disease.

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Aug 14th 2018, 2:53 PM

# divestment

Courts Service of Ireland reduces shares in Big Tobacco, but still holds €4.5m worth in stocks

Critics state the Courts Services continued investment in the tobacco industry flies in the face of the government’s Tobacco Free Ireland vision.

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Jul 29th 2018, 7:00 AM

# Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Smoking, vaping or even having nicotine patches during pregnancy may increase the risk of cot death

New research shows that babies can be at an increased risk of cot death if exposed to cigarettes or e-cigarette smoke while in the womb.

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Jul 21st 2018, 11:00 AM

# world no tobacco day

Smoking causes 100 deaths and more than 1000 hospital admissions in Ireland every week

A quarter of all men and 20% of women in Ireland smoke.

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May 31st 2018, 9:32 AM

# Money Money Money

Offering free patches to employees who smoke doesn't help them quit - but giving them money does

A new US study found workers were three times more likely to quit if there was a financial incentive.

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May 27th 2018, 3:30 PM

# Decline

There's been a massive drop in young teens smoking in Ireland

The study was conducted between the years of 1995 and 2015 and shows a decline in adolescent smoking.

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May 2nd 2018, 5:03 PM

# butt out

Cigarette butts make up more than half of the litter on Dublin's streets

To help draw attention to this Dublin City Council has started a new campaign.

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Apr 14th 2018, 7:30 AM

# Lancet

75% of chronic pulmonary disease cases linked to childhood illnesses and parental smoking

The findings were published in The Lancet journal this week.

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Apr 8th 2018, 10:30 AM

# stub it out

Netflix criticised over amount of smoking in its original programmes

The worst offender was Stranger Things with 182 scenes with cigarettes.

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Mar 21st 2018, 5:00 PM

# restaurants

Poll shows support for ban on smoking outdoors near food

Would you agree with a ban?

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Feb 25th 2018, 10:01 PM

Voices

Giving up smoking? Most effective method makes it three and half times more likely for you to quit

Although smoking rates are declining, smoking-related deaths remain the leading cause of avoidable deaths in this country, writes Dr Des Cox.

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Feb 4th 2018, 8:45 AM

# Shanghai

Police blame incident involving van in flames crashing into 18 pedestrians on 'smoking driver'

The driver had reportedly been smoking which caused ‘dangerous substances’ in his van to catch fire.

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Feb 2nd 2018, 7:12 AM

# love your lungs

Carlow institute to bring in all-campus smoking ban from Valentine's Day

There will be three designated “smoking shelters” created for smokers to go.

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Feb 1st 2018, 11:06 AM

# Smoking

Over 300 retailers targeted in sting operations to see if they're selling cigarettes to under 18s

The HSE figures relate to the first three quarters of last year.

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Jan 21st 2018, 7:00 AM

# New Year's Resolution

These lifestyle changes could help lower your risk of developing cancer

Quitting smoking is top of the list.

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Jan 7th 2018, 8:00 AM

# giving up

You're twice as likely to develop mental health problems if you smoke, HSE says

A new study showed the benefits

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Jan 6th 2018, 4:00 PM

# HSE

There are more quitters than smokers in Ireland

One in eight people who smoked this time last year have since quit.

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Jan 3rd 2018, 2:34 PM

# Smoking bans

Smoking bans make married people happier than anyone else

Married women with children reported the largest increase in well-being.

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Dec 31st 2017, 8:45 AM

# genetic mechanism

Why is it so hard to quit smoking? Tiny worms may have the answers

The worms exhibit behavioral responses to nicotine similar to what mammals experience.

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Nov 12th 2017, 7:10 AM

Voices

Column: Should Irish companies give non-smokers extra days off?

Japanese companies are offering non-smoking staff an additional six days paid annual leave to make up for the breaks smokers take, writes Jason O’Callaghan.

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Nov 4th 2017, 7:30 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you think Irish people are health-conscious?

The majority of Irish people say they are in good health, though over 60% are overweight or obese.

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Oct 28th 2017, 9:43 AM

# quit it

Tourists face €2.5k fine or a year in prison for smoking on Thailand's beaches

The new ban follows a clean-up of nearly 140,000 cigarette butts from a 2.5 kilometre stretch of the famed Patong beach in Phuket.

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Oct 22nd 2017, 10:00 AM

Voices

'Abstinence-only approach to nicotine has created undue fears about alternatives'

We need truthful information on the relative risks of cigarettes compared to the various smoke-free alternative products, writes David T Sweanor.

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Oct 21st 2017, 8:30 AM

# ethical investment

Courts Service of Ireland still holds €6 million worth of shares in tobacco companies

The Charities Regulator sold off its shares this year.

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Jul 3rd 2017, 12:05 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Should it be illegal to smoke in the same room as a child?

Children from deprived areas are twice as likely to inhale second-hand smoke as children from more affluent backgrounds.

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May 31st 2017, 9:38 AM

Voices

Column: '8 per cent of young people aged 10 to 17 smoke cigarettes'

We need smoking prevention efforts to ensure smoking rates continue to drop among all young people, writes Donal Buggy.

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May 31st 2017, 6:30 AM

# lighting up

Cannabis set to be legal in Canada by July 2018

This would make the country only the second to do so, after Uruguay.

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Apr 13th 2017, 8:20 AM

# how to quit

Here's the official advice on how to quit smoking (and it doesn't include vaping)

Ireland’s health authority has recommended that the government wait for more studies before endorsing e-cigarettes.

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Apr 10th 2017, 5:30 PM

# QUIT

'I smoked for 20 years and never thought I could give up but I'm proof it can be done'

Smoking is directly related to more than 5,600 deaths in Ireland every year.

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Apr 7th 2017, 6:20 AM

# lighting up

This is the number of 'current smokers' in Ireland today

A new report differentiates between occasional and daily smokers.

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Mar 15th 2017, 4:31 PM

# national quit day

'If you smoke 20 cigarettes a day, you inhale a mugful of tar each year'

One in every two smokers will die of a tobacco-related disease – pharmacists want to buck this trend.

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Mar 1st 2017, 6:15 AM

# Quitting

Inmates in Irish prisons will soon have access to e-cigarettes

A new smoking policy for the prison service is currently being finalised.

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Feb 26th 2017, 7:00 AM

# Quitting

Vaping is 'far safer than smoking'

New research found those who switched to vaping had reduced toxins and carcinogens in their bodies.

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Feb 7th 2017, 10:04 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Should smoking be banned on restaurant and café terraces?

A number of businesses in Dublin have moved to ban smoking where their customers eating outside.

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Jan 30th 2017, 8:45 PM

# Heart Disease

Obese people less likely to die after heart operations compared to those of healthy weight

A study carried out over 11 years found patients with a healthy weight were almost twice as likely to die in hospital compared to people who were obese or overweight.

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Jan 20th 2017, 3:13 PM